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THE PIRATE FROG 

AND OTHER TALEpS 


Authors op The Bandit Mouse 


Vc^e Qy Pictures Qy 

WAFRISBIE BART 


L-etterind and Colon Plates 
BY FRED- R • BARTHOLOMEW 


Gl>tcago <ctrvd JVfeoj 

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AUG. 3C 1901 j 

Copyright entry I 
'CLASS ^ XXo. N<*.j 

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AFbrcWord: 

11715 \xxAn. \S DO aritliD2etio 
To VGX the mind op youtb ; 

It^ pagG5 m^ pGrl7ap5, appear 
To Pe devoid oP trvitn. 

But Py iPesc tales tPc yo\in$ wPo Icarix 
To recodnize a lie». 

To that ejaent will Know the truth., 
Ajid profit much therePy: 






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Copyright, 1901, by Hand, McNally & Co., Chicago. 




xTlus Book Is dedicated to 
MAE HARRIS AnSOH 

EDITOR OF THE 

MIHMEAPOUS JOUEHAL JUHIOR 

Whose Object is 

to amuse and educate cbildten ^ 






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THE PII^TE FROG 

5oine 1)0/5 wliose names 1 do not know. 
Went out to sail their boat one day: 
rast to her stem they tied a line 
5o she could not sail far away 
But little did those hoys suspect 
That, just heyond a floating loj , 

Vlith all his trusty followers. 

There lay in wait the Pirate FfoJ. 


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’Twas in My; the 3un was hot. 

The pond was smooth, the air was still. 
The Pirate's vessel lay hecalmed 
Without a breeze the sail to p; 

But soon a plan had been devised 
To move the ship without a sail*. 
k divinj froj took down a line 
And tied it ’round a hull-head’s tail. 








The bij fbh fell a penile tu^. 

Then m Ihe M and jumped with frpt. 
He tried in vain to shahe it off, 

And swam away with all hb mpt. 

Thb way and that, at raceta speed. 

He crossed the pond from side to side. 

But where he went the ship went, too. 

And all the frojs enjoyed the ride. 










For each one has so many fe^Tl 
N 'I cant buyfiovershoesJ^jOJll^jL 


Old Daddy Longle^s sat him down 
And wept in deepest woe. 
Alas! he cried , The summer^ ^one 
And soon will come the snow. 
AVy children be^ for warmer clothes, 
But yet I must refuse |l II t .1 



Oil dean stie cried;|liere comes tneirain' 


And this is picnic day 

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Nor did She know what she had heard 

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Was just aiwooden lejgged 
Until he tTew^way. 








Mien 5he failed for him SSonlra^ 
fie /was silting all alone 
With a km|e of satisfaction 
Gnawing at an ostrich bone.V^’^"^ 
Wli the pround was strewn with feathers 
^11 picked bones .and bits of fur; g 
But the pupils all were missing. P 


Dp^t yoli \Jqnder Vvliere they were 



tier little son came vrip^lin|^«fe 
Jo ^rave old mother Eel; 

Oh mother dear^he said with^ear« 
Such awful pains 1 feel. — 
The doctor says he greatly feare 
^lor small pox I am sl ated; _ 
^ut^t 1 have no a rms o r leg 
^£\nd can't be vaccinatcdr^^ 



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3he jolly Rougn Riders of wasti dty 
5at jauntily out on the line 
Not a man was afraid 
For twas but dress parade 
And tbeir snowing was ceriainly fine. 





(Jane JenkenS' liked to lo(^ heif be5t^^Blj||^^ | |||jiB 
Though not too^jpiraud a ^ 

She “did” her hair with strips of tin , 1 1 » 

To make it" kink and curi. ji 
a She twisted it too ti$ht by far 
[ And found, to her surprise , 

^ That,thou^h she tried her very best 
She couldn’t close her eyes. 



For if they see this animal 
And do not run away, 

They imitate its shrill, harsh voice 
And whine the livelong day. 





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The monkey knew this was his plan 
But leaped as if to dive. ^ 
The crocodile spread wide his jaws 
To catch his meal alive,* 

But he was disappointed much 
To see his sharp ^ame fall 
For, as he leaped, the monkey caupht^ 
And hun^ there hy his tail. ^ 



A fro^ who wore r\ew spectacles 
Observed a common fly; 
What monster can this be"? he said, 
TKat comes before my eye’? 







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niE PORCUPilVES DILEMMA 

played at ^olf 


porcupine once | 
yVnd wore a sweater red. 

I notice all the swells dress 
And so will I , he said. 









But when he found his stylish dothes 
Were far loo 


warm 


His «.shatt>.«qiinis held that sw^lei; fast i 


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A monkey, sitting on a tree 1 

Above a shady pool. 

Looked down and saw a crocodile 
Within the water cool. 

The crocodile looked up and said, 
j] d “Come down my friend and swim.” 
^’1) M Intending, when the monkey came, 
k , To make a meal of him. 




r^ut when from their homes in the tree-lops 
enemr mailed ttirou^ii the air 
And with coarse, muad>^ feet 
Soiled each garment and sheet 
The Riders could do naught hut stare. 



One beast there is which should be shunned 


By little 0rls and boys ; 

That is the cross Whine -os -ce-ros, 
Which makes an awful noise. 








turtle had a big bass-drum 
On which he used to pl^; si. - ’ . 

His comrades didn’t like the noise, 

Ci ,^And so they ran away. 

^^He played till he was all tired out, | 
^^J(jThen'all his friends returned'^jj 
P ^And^iashed that drum to kindling wood, 
'.A^^aUBWhich they piled up and buffled.iii 




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Within the chest of Captain Pip 
A haj of marbles lay; 
lie fished them out one afternoon 
And taujht his inends to play. 

the jame of "little -rin^ 
beach near 
a sad mishap 
tra^titway hear. 





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now Captain Pip so lonjed for Pome , 
He sought Pis stranded Poat. 

Mew rj^jinj Pere,3ome patcPes there 
He tPoujiPt would make Per float. 
His mind was speedily made up. 
lib new idea was tried. 

And soon Pis 3lttp,till stauncP ajain, 
Rode proudly on tPe tide. 



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Who , in a wigwam warm , 


Dwelt snu^y all the winter through 
Quite safe from frost and storm. 
But he had heard of 5anta Claus 
And so, when Christmas came, 
He hun^ his deerskin moccasins 
Upon the wigwam frame. 



A-Tid sure enou^h.the ^ood.old saint 
TKat ni^ht came jin^lin^ by; 

And ,as he passed,the moccasins 
Caught his observing eye. 

But wigwams have no chimneys tall 
Tfirou^h which old Rriss can drop, 
»5o Wee-Wips Christmas §ifts were left 
Upon the wigwam top. 


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The litlle^^rl Mermaid 

crabs and the lobster folk haile d her v filh glee 



















The Flounded were av^ward; they floundered about 
■nil Swordfish policemen escorted them out. 

. But with this exception, the hah had no 
And the Bawfish detlaredate hestt 



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Tlie Prou<I Wishbone 

The wishbone was a haughty thini^ 
And hi§h he held his head ; 

The Win<5 twins were but "common trasK 
„ And Drumsticks too, he said. 

It’s just as plain as anything a 
"That this is so’’ quoth he, / 
For there are two of each of them f 
"But only one of Pie.” 


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And when two children at the feast 
Each for the wishbone cried 


The Wishbone said"! told you so" 

And oh, he swelled with pride. 

They took him each one by a foot 
As children often do, 

Then each one §aYe a sudden tu§ 
And broke him ri^ht in two. 

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TTHE MAUGIITV COW 


Oaid an acrobatic monkey 

To the staid and stately cow: 
Come let us turn some handsprings 
I will quickly show you how.'” 

^ut old bossy shook her head, 
INo indeed! she sharply said, 

I have passed the a^e of nonsense 
And 111 not beOin it now" 



IE PEANUT .BIRD 


4J eep in ■the foreMCdark and itilCPv W 
^ :jT|ieT|ives thie,p^ut bird|^ 

It rarely|valk^it-x^ldom 

son^ is| never heard! 

No fe^^of hunter^ f withpatt & ^ 
Will make this Biro turn pale); 

It cJft be caught 'withfsalt youjse^^ 
o' E^ecauie)it hJs noftail. 



bat irtfliyed a hand.orten out 

And :caiili|i|||||p^ ■ 5 

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. But thoiidh all bis music was 
I joyous and sweet, 

f tlis hearers, he thouOht, 
s ■ were unkind; 

WFbr noone who passed dropped a 
r , coin in his hat. 

But each said ’Why of course; he^ as 
kji^Wind as,, a bat! 






\\^en Billy Wilson swiifTminO went, I 

It took him half a day ~ " " 

To reach the lake because, you see. 

It was so far away. 

And so, to stop this loss of time, 

When next he went to swim ^ V| 
He 4fed a strinb around the *lak#, 


^Jjn'ulled it home ,wii 


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DICKIE PEG-LEG 


A sparrow mil a wooden le^ ^ 
^Hop)^ o’er a roof of tin; 
And^ne noDpea,a 0irl below 
^Was^Srcomewilh sudden woe 
^pTb bear ibat noise ne^in. 



youn^fiJohnTp^ Bin^le lon^ had wished 
To own a“truly’gun. 

And so, when Christmas came a^aia, 
His father pave him one. 

It had a barrel straight and troex^ 
A fancy walnut stock 

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And for his first pame Johnr^ sho’^.J*^ 
The cuckoo in the clock. 



^WINS 


Mother Bantam roamed the field, " 
worms and bu^s in quest, 

If She found two lar^e and lonesome 
^l^ln a deserted nest. 

«^|%^n[his makes my duty clear” said^sh^ 
I'll stciy and hatch them'i^ut 


And for three-^v^ks- that- little Ti^ 
;,^Was iM>-mofe^een" about. 



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length' irom out those two lar^e 
youn^ chicks broke their way; 
^'44^nci thus the famous ^han^hai Twins 
^!?t^)t^irst saw the li^ht of day 
^ Mother Bantam stood aghast 

Fmi^at newborn pair to see 

stocking feet. 

sifei '!^'wEach was as tall as she. 

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When Mother Bantam came to feed 
The hungry 5han0hai Twins, 

She found she had an awful task 
To fill them to their chins; 

And, if they were not filled that full. 
TTiey clamored to he fed; 

Until in running down their food 
She worked till nearly dead. 



With hoppers and with lady bu^s. 

With moths and worms and flies, 
With grains of corn and crumbs of bread 
She stopped their hungry cries. 

Till finally she ran so much 
To ^et them food to eat, 

Tiiat she herself, worn out and starved, 
\v^as overcome by heat. 







3aid /Mother Bantam to her twins: 

Since you two have been hatched, 

^u have not found a sin^e meal, 

^ \ou have not run nor scratched-, 
lye fed you as a mother should. 

„ But you are stronger now 
And henceforth you must scratch for worms’ 
Cried they: Please show us how ’ 







le Shanghai Twins came on apace ; 

So rapidly they grew, 

That larger, stronger fowls than they 
Became extremely few. 

And Mother Bantam gazed with pride 
Her foster sons upon : 

The one of them was christened James, 
The other one was John. 


Beneath the battered hen-house door, 
A hungry one night 
Poked in his nose, and all the fowls 
Were paralyzed with fright. 

But James and John knew what to do, 
They fought with might and main 






Each wore, to show his lofty rank, 
A. helmet, club and star. 

And soon as faithful guardians 
'Their fame spread near and far 


The very mention of their names. 
Made thieving fowls turn pale 

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Three yam and inUrestinj pi^5 
Once lived'^within a sly; 

And one was greedy , one was strong , 
And one was scarce a hall yard lon^ 
And scant ten inches hp. 




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And it was "once upon a time” 
That little boya came to be kin^s; 
That fairies flitted here and there 
To little 0rl5 with presents rare- 
Rich ^owns and diamond rinjs.^ 



3ut now,dear me,how thinOs are changed 
And yet , perhaps, tis just as well -. 

For. if twere not so lon^ a^o, 

That all these wondrous things were so. 
There'd be no tales to tell. 











Perhaps there is a funny land 
Where rabbits dress in lon^ tailed coats, 

all wear wooden shoes 
by learned Joats. 





A very foolish little clam 
Each ni^ht sat up till very late ; 

His parents said repeatedly 
That he should not thus dissipate . 

But he would never heed their words *• 
He was too headstronj to obey 
And thus he had so little sleep 
That he was sleepy all the day. 


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One 5umn\er mormn^ on the beach. 

He opened wide hb shell to yawn. 

A Mj red bird came walking by- 
A snap, a ^ulp-the clam was ^onei 
5o, children ,thonjh you are too lar^e 
For any^hunjry bird to hold, 
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^he airship fleet of Meadowille 

lioat^ ^ai^ o’er ihe town: 

older people ,^flill>^^rown, 

craft i,^histle down. 

B ^e ^all^ of the 

M rT^ meadow folk 
^ Un ilut^ .yilKweed ride 

there’5 a ship for 
every or 

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